[ The parasites froze, then turned and huddled amongst themselves, gesticulating wildly in high-pitched argument. "Not fair!" one protested.
"Tag team!" another one insisted, waving its antennae. Then they turned back to Lucretia. "Lift the cheese longest, then get the diary! Lift the cheese longer -- than Hercule!"
A chittering cheer went up as a parasite with huge limbs and beefy carapace came up, holding together two segmented limbs and shaking them in a gesture of confidence. A second wheel of cheese was produced, and the parasite moved toward it. "Hercule! Hercule!" cheered the parasites. ]
...I don't know what I was expectin', but here we are. Here we are.
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"Tag team!" another one insisted, waving its antennae. Then they turned back to Lucretia. "Lift the cheese longest, then get the diary! Lift the cheese longer -- than Hercule!"
A chittering cheer went up as a parasite with huge limbs and beefy carapace came up, holding together two segmented limbs and shaking them in a gesture of confidence. A second wheel of cheese was produced, and the parasite moved toward it. "Hercule! Hercule!" cheered the parasites. ]
...I don't know what I was expectin', but here we are. Here we are.